(“Dear me,” interjected Mrs. Hay, “how successful we all are!”)
“She may come near doing more than she meant to do; but her will shall conquer everything.”
“How delightfully enigmatic!” laughed Pussie Duval.
“You must go in next, Miss Pussie—you spoke,” said Van Kull. But Pussie wouldn’t; and the choice fell upon Kitty Farnum. She disappeared, and there was several moments’ silence. At last—
“Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen,
Die hat einen Andern erwählt;
Der Andre liebt eine Andre
Und hat sich mit Dieser vermählt.
“Das Mädchen heiratet aus Ärger
Den ersten besten Mann,